The Towers
The Towers rises to 498 m in Virginia. Big A Mountain stands 1,126 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Breaks Interstate Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.4 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083050, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 498 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 13.7 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lovers Leap Overlook · 1 mi
- Mill Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Towers Overlook · 1 mi
- Towers Tunnel Overlook · 1 mi
99 named places within 25 miles
- The Chimney: 0.4 mi
- Skegg Knob: 3.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 3.3 mi
- Blue Head Knob: 3.8 mi
- Blue Head Rock: 3.9 mi
- Pine Mountain Trail State Park: 2.7 mi
- Elkhorn City Park: 3.5 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 4.2 mi
- Haysi Town Park: 5.0 mi
- Poplar Gap Park: 7.7 mi
- Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 3.6 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 12.6 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 12.6 mi
- Pike County Hall of Justice: 18.4 mi
- Matewan Depot: 24.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 5.0 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 20.4 mi
- Pound Gap: 20.4 mi
- Wise County: 20.5 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 21.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 0.3 mi
- The Breaks: 1.0 mi
- Old Fashion Elk: 3.5 mi
- Crazy Eyes Elk: 3.6 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 0.2 mi
- Jonkan: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Towers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big A Mountain | SE 138° | 1,126 m | 21.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | SW 231° | 917 m | 24.6 mi |
| Skeet Rock Knob | WSW 255° | 909 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sugar Cove Mountain | E 100° | 885 m | 24.9 mi |
| Wolfpen Knob | ESE 109° | 860 m | 24.6 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | SE 125° | 848 m | 20.8 mi |
| Osborne Mountain | ESE 106° | 840 m | 23.0 mi |
| Keen Mountain | E 99° | 834 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:35 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Breaks Interstate Park, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582636
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